Friday, November 30, 2007

Day after day as I bodies slayAnd the sun becomes dark in the skyEverything's lost for this human raceAnd the dawn of a new age will rise

Rays of sunlight now are goneOnly visions of ice will remainThe fallen ones and forgotten soulsWill rise up over the slain

No more hope as we raise our hands to the skyNo more dreams as the rivers run dry

Everything's lost all is left astrayOnly sorrow and sadness remainsCurtains have dropped on our fallen worldAnd the forces of darkness shall rise

Why can't you see what has happened to theeCan you not open your eyesEverything's lost there is no retreatAnd the valleys echo with pain

No more hope as we raise our hands to the skyNo more dreams as the rivers run dry

On the endless sea of madness we sail forever moreAnd the endless tears of sadness towards the distant shoresWhen the flame has died forever we stand one and allWith the power of the almighty sword

We fight the battle on the fields tonightTo save us from the master of all evil signAnd to the battle on forever standing strongWe feel the fire power of the night warriors

No more tomorrowDying of sorrowOver the mountains and up through the treesTraveling across seven seas

No more hope as we hold our hands to the skyNo more dreams as the rivers run dry

On the endless seas of madness we sail forever moreAnd the endless tears of sadness towards the distant shoresWhen the flame has died forever we stand one and allWith the power of the almighty sword

We fight the battle on the fields tonightTo save us from the master of all evil signAnd to the battle on forever standing strongWe feel the fire power of the night warriors

On the endless seas of madness we sail forever moreAnd the endless tears of sadness towards the distant shoresWhen the flame has died forever we stand one and allWith the power of the almighty sword

We'll fight the battle on the fields tonightTo save us from the master of allWe fight the battle on the fields tonightTo save us from the master of all evil sign

And to the battle onForever standing strongWe feel the firePower of the night warriors

The power of the night warriors...

I am disturbed & upset that this still exists. I never heard of it until this year, never heard about how the higher-ups know about what happens & yet don't seem to care, as the school is still open. They think changing the name & adding human rights classes-- which are sometimes not even offered & are relatively small-- is going to change the school overall. No. It's not. They are killing people they call "subversives;" people who think differently from their regime, people who are innocent, & are either considered dangerous-- artists, musicians, students, &c.-- or are guilty by association. They kill everyone, be they children, religious people, or people who have never done anything wrong in their lives but just happen to know someone they deem "subversive." They claim Amnesty International gave them a thumbs up; Amnesty International says that they have never said that, & never would.

This isn't some sole event, & it's not the only horrible thing in the world today. But I find it extremely disturbing that this is my country that is training these people, while knowing what they do. The interests they say they are protecting are not the interests of the everyday citizen. This isn't me being anti-American: the people who are allowing this to happen are anti-American! We want to make like we're this beacon, & then we do this. It's disgusting & hypocritical. And the higher-ups in our government & military are letting it happen. They admitted it. They train these people, knowing who they're killing-- people that, over here, we supposedly value-- & then arrest people who peacefully protest, asking for the permanent closure of the school. There are protestors who have served nine months in prison for exercising their First Amendment & their right to assemble peacefully.

If they say this is all ok, then what path is the country heading down?

The government has swelled; it was never supposed to, it was supposed to be small. People keep wanting to add to it; this wasn't what the original plan was, & it causes far more problems than it solves. The federal government was supposed to be mainly for defense of the nation, & now it has far too much power, & people keep giving it more, by insisting on programs & crap for every-- little-- thing. Stop giving the government so much power!

If the death squads obviously don't seem to regard as these people as equals, then what are we saying when we train them? What does this mean could happen tomorrow, what could happen over here? I just can't believe that the government of the country that I live in-- the country that's supposed to be all about "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" & equality-- is saying that it's ok to kill innocents. People who think differently from the government. It's disturbing.